2009 World Series of Poker Europe Won by a Brit

The WSOPE began last September 18 at the Empire Casino, London and, in fact, saw its biggest number of participants in its three-year history, having had 608 entrants.  The Main Event, which was to be a £1,000 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'Em, started last Monday, September 21, for a two-day event.

Aside from seeing the biggest number of participants, this year also marks the first year that a Brit won a World Series of Poker Europe title championship, and he is JP Kelly.

On JP Kelly

JP Kelly is a 23-year-old former student who is now playing poker professionally since 2004.  He might have been active once in soccer and cricket, but now, he mostly plays online poker, although he also tours around Europe to participate in major poker events.  In his history of being a poker pro, he has had seven tournaments under his belt, and all these he had won in just under a year and a half, from 2005 to 2006.

This year seems to be a very good year, indeed, for the young gentleman as the WSOPE bracelet is his second gold bracelet, having received his first one only three months ago on the 11th of June 2009 in Las Vegas.  He won his first bracelet when he landed first place on the $1,500 Buy-In Pot-Limit Texas Holde'Em event.  In that event, he earned $194,434.

When Lady Luck smiles down on a player, she really smiles down on him.

JP Kelly won his second gold bracelet at the WSOPE's Main Event 1 of £1,000 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em.  His success bagged him a prize money worth £136,803, which is way bigger than his prize in Las Vegas at roughly $222,398.

All in all, it is being said that his poker earnings have reached to nearly a million dollars since he decided to play professional poker.

The 2009 WSOPE

At the final table, Fabien Dunlop was the lead chip leader until both Dunlop and Kelly went heads-up.  It took nearly an hour of heads-up match-up game between the two, at which point Dunlop was leading by a 3:1 chip lead ratio.  Dunlop's luck left him when he lost the lead by doubling up Kelly and, most especially, when he fell for Kelly's bluff and decided to move all-in and walked straight into Kelly's flopped straight.

This move earned him not only the title of the 2009 WSOPE and a huge prize money but also the title as the first British who won the WSOPE in his home turf.

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